Sleepers West (1941)
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Directors
Eugene Forde
Cast
Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Louis Jean Heydt
The story
On a fateful weekend, private detective Michael Shayne secretly escorts murder-trial witness Helen Carlson by train from Denver to San Francisco. Helen's testimony will free a man falsely accused of murder. His acquittal will also effectively destroy the election chances of a crooked Bay Area politician.
Genres
Drama, Mysterie, crime film, drama film
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